#mustelids

[antiqueanimals]

Drawing Animals. Written and illustrated by Maurice Wilson. Published in 1964.

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[warcrimesimulator]

A pine marten (Martes martes) and a sable (Martes zibellina) photographed in Russia's Vishera Nature Reserve in the Ural Mountains, where the range of both species overlaps.

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[purringfayestudio]

Hello!

With the implosion of other social media sites recently, I thought I'd establish a presence here and try this place out. If we've met on other sites, hello again! If you're new to my work, allow me to give a quick intro.

I specialize in realistic, floppy, poseable plush made with faux fur fabrics. I've been making plush since childhood, but I've been working with faux fur since 2014. My favorites to make are canines, felines, and mustelids, but I make all sorts of wildlife.

I'm an animal nerd and love to create true-to-life, life-size replicas of real species and natural color variations, but I do stray from realism from time to time! I really love fantasy as well. My plush-making journey started out with dragons after all, and someday I'll get back into making them.

Some of my recent work:

You can also find me on most other social media sites under the name "purringfayestudio." I'm currently taking a break from selling my work, but hope to resume sometime next year.

[snototter]

A stoat (Mustela erminea) leaps through the marshes in Suffolk, UK

by Barbara Evans

[vuelode-irbis]

Happy pride everyone!!!

here's some mustelids i drew with that scan style i've been trying

ID: a digital drawing that features eight members of the Mustelidae family colored with some lgbtq+ pride flag colors. From left to right, there's a yellow-throated marten with the non-binary flag colors, the flag is besides it as an impact onomatopoeia; a tayra painted with the aromantic flag colors, and some sparkles and stars besides it; a ferret with the trans flag colors, and a little trans flag near its paws; a marbled polecat in the asexual flag colors, and a little heart and ace of spades; an ermine with the bisexual flag colors and two hearts over its head; a long-tailed weasel in the lesbian flag colors with some impact onomatopoeias and sparkles around it; a pine marten with the male gay flag, a line over its body and two little hearts near its paws, and a sea otter in the pansexual flag colors, as well as three hearts near its head. End ID.

[feather-bone]

European Pine Marten in a meadow. :-) peace and contentment.

This will be one of the prints for my crow tier Bird Mail members this month!

[ID: an illustration of a pine marten in a field, surrounded by white and purple wildflowers. It is standing upright and looking toward the viewer. End.]

[ninamodaffari]

Today I learned that the hyena is more closely related to the mongoose than it is to dogs!

[siarczek]

Commission for takaalive_ of a wolverine playing with a pine cone in the snow! 🌲🐾

[cat-with-horns]

Just a little art with my sona I love medieval themes.

[canisalbus]

Lapsensyöjä

[enchantedferretry]

Snowball fight!

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 31, no. 3. March, 1970. Cover illustration by J. M. Roever.

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[warcrimesimulator]

North American wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus)

📸 David Moskowitz / Cascades Wolverine Project

[jaydencoolguy]

Can mustelids wear hats?

of course

...though you can only put hats on ferrets cuz they're pets.. if you tried with a wild mustelid they would get very nippy >.<

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Altai Weasel (Mustela altaica)

(Photo by David Blank)

Conservation Status- Near Threatened

Habitat- Central Asia

Size (Weight/Length)- 300 g; 27 cm

Diet- Rodents; Rabbits; Fish; Amphibians; Insects; Small birds

Cool Facts- Despite looking like a plushie, the Altai weasel is a weasel nonetheless. Their short legs and long body gives them the agility they need to hunt pika and voles through rock piles and burrows. Their excellent vision helps in spotting prey and predators alike. Altai weasels are generally solitary outside of the mating season in which males try to mate with as many females as possible. The female can delay her pregnancy until periods of excess resources to feed both herself and her babies. The Altai weasel is strictly protected and programs to protect their habitat are helped by conservation groups around the world.

Rating- 12/10 (You may look but no touchy.)

[snototter]

A northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) hauled on the ice in Alaska, USA

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith